simplified the implementation

Author: torri

init/eessi_environment_variables

@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@ function show_msg {
   fi
 }
 
-function check_rhel_ca {
-
-  os=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID_LIKE=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
-
-  version_id=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
-  version_major=${version_id%\.*}
-
-  if [[ $os =~ "rhel" ]] && [ $version_major -gt 7 ]
-  then
-        export CURL_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-  fi
-}
-
-
 # set up minimal environment: $EESSI_PREFIX, $EESSI_VERSION, $EESSI_OS_TYPE, $EESSI_CPU_FAMILY, $EPREFIX
 source $EESSI_INIT_DIR_PATH/minimal_eessi_env
 
@@ -121,7 +107,11 @@ if [ -d $EESSI_PREFIX ]; then
           fi
 
         # Fix wrong path for RHEL >=8 libcurl 
-	check_rhel_ca
+	rhel_libcurl_file="/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+        if [ -f $rhel_libcurl_file ]; then
+          show_msg "Found libcurl CAs file at RHEL location, setting CURL_CA_BUNDLE"
+          export CURL_CA_BUNDLE=$rhel_libcurl_file
+        fi
 
         else
           error "EESSI software layer at $EESSI_SOFTWARE_PATH not found!"